Stefano Domenicali has pronounced himself pleased with the first outing of the Ferrari F14 T in Jerez last week.

After some early problems the car ran reliably, and while Mercedes powered rivals were ultimately faster, the team boss says that the aim was to put miles on the new machine and correlate its behavior with the wind tunnel.

While rival Mercedes and Ferrari-powered teams have managed to collect dozens upon dozens of early preseason laps, the tally amassed by Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo in the troubled RB10 numbers 21.

Bradley Smith is extremely confident that he and new Monster Yamaha Tech3 teammate Pol Espargaro will be in a position to achieve great things heading into the 2014 MotoGP season.

At the first 2014 preseason test, which came immediately after the final race of last year in Valencia, Smith ended proceedings in second position and just three tenths of a second down on Repsol Honda Team’s World Champion Marc Marquez.

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN – JAN 31: Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP drives during day four of Formula One Winter Testing at the Circuito de Jerez on Jan. 31, 2014 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. (Photo: Andrew Hone/Getty Images)

Nico Rosberg has done more mileage than any other driver in a 2014 car thus far, having topped the laps completed charts at Jerez last week.

He already enjoyed a head start after he shook down the Mercedes at a filming day at Silverstone the previous Friday.

“Definitely I think it’s a surprise to do so many laps,” said Rosberg. “It’s such a mission with this new technology and everything, and really to get this reliability so early on is really a positive. But we’ve got no idea where we are in terms of pace and all that. So it’s really early days.

Chad Reed backed up his Anaheim 2 victory with a wire-to-wire win Saturday night at the third and final Anaheim race.

The 31-year-old moved into the lead on the first lap and fought off a determined Ken Roczen to score his second win of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross season.

“It was a tough racetrack tonight,” said Reed. “It was about making smart choices and putting yourself in a good position to ride 20 solid laps. This win means more to me than the last one [on January 18] where I came from behind because it’s tougher to go out there and lead all 20 laps. We had our bike dialed in tonight and it was one of those nights where it felt one with me.”